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This recent comment by Brian Urlacher is interesting, but also relevant to our own team:

In the Yahoo! interview, Urlacher called Cutler "a great player who can take us a long way" and said he still has "faith in him," but he also hates "the way our identity has changed." "We used to establish the run and wear teams down and try not to make mistakes, and we'd rely on our defense to keep us in the game and make big plays to put us in position to win," Urlacher told the Web site. "Kyle Orton might not be the flashiest quarterback, but the guy is a winner, and that formula worked for us. I hate to say it, but that's the truth."

The offensive line has been ineffective all year, leaving Cutler under pressure and often on the ground. "We've struggled running the ball and Brian's right," Cutler said. "You don't have to run the ball every play. But when you run the ball, you have to be effective. I think that's the most important part. There are a lot of teams that throw the ball, but when they do run the ball, it's effectively. I think that's the main issue."

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Cutler doesn't realize that the O-line protection problems and running game issues, are partly because of the emphasis to pass so much.